Anthropology of Hunting Syllabus
ANTH 3354 – Anthropology of Hunting Spring 2026 As the instructor for this course, I reserve the right to adjust this schedule in any way that serves the…
ANTH 3354 – Anthropology of Hunting Spring 2026 As the instructor for this course, I reserve the right to adjust this schedule in any way that serves the…
An archaeologist studying 1,000-year-old dog burials reflects on the need for imagination in archaeology. ✽ WITH STEADY HANDS, a crouching archaeologist brushes away centuries of soil, revealing the…
A paleoanthropologist reflects on England’s oldest human cranium—and what its changing interpretations say about science. ✽ Southeast England. 400,000 years ago. A young woman squats by a river…
Uterus transplantation has been touted as one of the most innovative reproductive technologies in recent years (Brännström 2018). The procedure allows women without a uterus to become pregnant…
In Rejkjavik, the well-known Finnish architect Alvar Aalto designed a beautiful house that is all about Nordic countries cooperation, the “Nordic House”. We had the honour to be…
A Mouse in a Cage by Carrie Friese explores the ethical challenges of using animals in scientific research. Through ethnographic case studies from UK labs, Friese probes the…
I spent part of the summer of 2025 in Kalama Conservancy, in northern Kenya’s Samburu County. The conservancy, part of the Gir Gir group ranch, covers 16,000 hectares…
In Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics, editors Joan Costa-Font and Matteo M. Galizzi bring together global, multidisciplinary insights into human behaviour and policy responses during the …
Just recently, I joined a science comedy debate where Team Biology went head-to-head with Team Tech. The motion? That biology is winning the race against technology. And while…
In 2015, I was back in India’s capital city, Delhi after two years of fieldwork in villages in rural parts of the country. On my return, the city…
I met Jon Marks in 2015, when I enrolled in the Master’s program in anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I had just finished a…
On the May 12th, 2025 cover of Time Magazine, you will see a picture of a white wolf below the bold word Extinct slashed through with a red…
An anthropologist investigates the ongoing impacts of the U.S.-based United Fruit Company’s fraught 1940s preservation of an ancient Maya site in Guatemala. The United Fruit Company was a…
For the eighth season of the SAPIENS podcast, we’re meeting at a crossroads of cultures—past and present—in search of humanity’s collective destination. Culture is a force that makes…
How much of our identity is shaped by genetics, and how much by society? In Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins, Shoumita Dasgupta examines how genetic science can…
An anthropologist recounts how a small island nation built and deployed its first satellite—and what their effort says about unequal access to the growing space economy on Earth.…
New research uncovers how the last common primate ancestors typically birthed twins until evolutionary pressures began to favor singletons—likely driven by the advantages of birthing larger, brainier …
After five years of research and writing, I am pleased to announce that my first book is under contract with University of Texas Press. Peer reviews came back…
Fifty years ago, the remains of an Australopithecus afarensis ancestor, named “Lucy” by archaeologists, rewrote the story of human evolution. This article was originally published at The Conversatio…
I was a guest on The Sausage of Science podcast with Dr. Chris Lynn, discussing my research. Listen below.
“People around the world have high levels of trust in scientists, but are concerned about governments interfering in research” states a news article in the journal Nature. Another…
A couple of weeks ago, a coyote climbed the fence into my mother’s backyard and attacked one of her dogs, Cujo. The coyote only stopped its assault when…
An anthropologist working in Azerbaijan looks beyond forensic science to understand the value of culturally specific ways people navigate uncertainty in protracted conflict zones. ✽ I first met…
This is not a scientific or technological project, but perhaps it is a project about science and technology. My proposal is to create a magical tool, a tarot…